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Tales from the Loop The Boardgame is a great scenario-based 80s sci-fi delve
Tales from the Loop The Boardgame is a cooperative, story-based dive into a light science-fiction setting that overlays a tiny pocket of land in 1980s Sweden. It's a sweeping adventure where each player takes on the role of a stereotypical…
The Quest for El Dorado is part deck builder, part race, but all Knizier
Dr Reiner Knizia is without doubt one of the most prolific and talented board game designers that has ever lived. Perhaps one of the best things about the sheer number of games Knizia has produced is that his back catalogue is just as good…
Galaxy Trucker — A Game for the Ages
Review updated on March 14th, 2022- adding in thoughts about newest version of Galaxy Trucker. When it comes to legendary board game designers, few are more renowned than Vlaada Chvatil. Among his many accolades, Vlaada held BoardGameGeek’s…
Doomlings brings lots of fight to evolution
Doomlings is a simple to understand but challenging to win card-based game where you and your friends are all looking to evolve to their best form before the world ends. Using cards in your hands, you need to select and play traits, so that…
Tyrants of the Underdark — underground, no one can hear you scream
Because board games are usually printed in limited numbers of perhaps up to a few thousand (for a standard retail release) there can be a big difference between versions when a reprint comes several years later. In the case of Tyrants of…
The Resistance — figure out the spys
The Resistance is a short, deception based game that makes for a good ice breaker and is fun in groups, especially those that are well established and where everyone knows each other! Who doesn’t want to try and defeat a traitor? In The…
King of Tokyo Monster Box brings a ton of fun to your tabletop
At over eleven years old, King of Tokyo has stood the test of time, bridging the gap between earlier examples of what we now call “modern board games” and the current Kickstarter generation, which sees bigger and flashier boxes released…
Kingdom Hearts Perilous Pursuit saves worlds from the heartless
Kingdom Hearts Perilous Pursuit is a dice rolling game where you have to work together as a team to save worlds from the heartless, co-operating with careful dice-allocation and dice-sharing to overcome the darkness corrupting each world.…
Glass Road shows off the lighter side of Uwe Rosenberg’s repertoire
Most board game fans have heard of the legendary Uwe Rosenberg, however he is mostly famous for games like A Feast For Odin, Agricola and Patchwork, rather than some of his less well known titles — which happens to include Glass Road. As…
Video game crossover — Which tabletop games are best for digital gamers?
We explore some of the games that have made the leap from the bits and bytes of the digital realm to the paper, wood and plastic of the dining-room table.